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Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones

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  1. Sharlin · · focus · HN ↗
    The U and V axes seem roughly correspond to the tint/temperature (green-magenta/blue-amber) axes that you can find in a white balance tool in photo editors and also as an in-camera setting.

    Nb. I&#x27;d advise against calling the PCA&#x27;d space XYZ because that&#x27;s a well known standard color space: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;CIE_1931_color_space#CIE_XYZ_color_space" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;CIE_1931_color_space#CIE_XYZ_c...

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